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They (Alabama National Guard) escorted us from Dr. Harris' [[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]] to the bus station and then to the Miss. line. The escort was composed of 35 squad cars of city policemen 36 motorcycles and truck loads of national guardsmen. We left Ala. in two buses. I was on the second.

The treatment down here has been so humane that we are suspicious of their every motive. We have finally decided that these people are so concious of the negative reputation that the word "Mississippi" carries, that they want to do something to change that. They know that our message will reach the corners of the earth and they know that it is they, not us, who are on trial. They just don't know that they cannot win. 

I think that this trip will shake the foundations of their belief in themselves and eventually their whole myth will crumble.